Sungai Lembing Rest House

Sungai Lembing? Where is that?

Sungai Lembing is located approximately 40kms from Kuantan. Sungai means river and lembing means spear. Legend has it that the name Sungai Lembing came about because a man saw a vision of a spear in the river.

Sungai Lembing was once a famous tin mining time and was then the richest town in Pahang. What I saw during my trip there was quite the opposite – a small, sleepy town with hardly any youngsters. I was told that many have left and as such there was an abundance of deserted houses which have slowly but surely become run down over the years.

Having said that Sungai Lembing does not lack in activities for the tourists. You can take a walk on the suspension bridge which leads you to the famous noodle makers. There you can see for yourself the process of noodle making…you may also buy some back. They are sold at RM7 per bag of 2kgs each. There is also the Panaroma Hill- this is a rather steep hill which you may climb (after surmounting sufficient courage) to see the beautiful sun rise. There is also the breath-taking Rainbow Waterfall which is only accessible by 4WD.

And…after all those tiring activities, it’s time for lunch and we ended up at Sungai Lembing Rest House close to 2pm.

 We ordered the must try Sungai Lembing tomato noodles. The huge plate of noodles (RM40) was sufficient to feed 10 people. The generous portion of noodles was yummy – it was filled with lots of prawns, eggs, fish cake, vegetables, char siew and of course tomato sauce.  Before eating the noodles we had to do a ‘lou sang’ to it, i.e we all stood up and mixed all the ingredients together with the noodles so that every strand of noodle was  well coated with the delicious gravy.

Address : 7-9 & 26 Main Street

26200 Sungai Lembing

Pahang

Tel : +6019 916 1492, +6012 900 9622

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